24.january.2009
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Week One
JUCUM Panama DTS
It's beautiful here. Beautiful, noisy and busy. The trucks and buses rumble past on the roadway below, insects chirping melodies all throughout the day and night. We have a hot and sticky sun, with moments of fresh breath when we've had a bit of rain. We line up, bleary-eyed in the mornings for breakfast, line up to wash our dishes in the tubs lined up in the dining hall, run to our rooms for half-hour devotions, quick prep for our days, run to group activity, be it base worship, or intercession, or recreation. Ten minute transitions before 3+ hour class, line up for lunch again at the lunch triangle bell, head to group again for small group or drama practice or recreation (mandatory team sports) then a quick return to base to begin our daily chores. Two hours later the dinner triangle bell calls us back to the dining area to line up again. For all but the dinner clean-up crew it's free time then, with showers and reading and late-night games of Mao, though I think the group might be getting ready to branch out into other card games fairly soon! 7-up anyone?
We'll get into more meaty, interesting stuff soon, i'm sure. But for now, here's a framework for our days and weeks. Happy January everyone!
JUCUM Panama DTS
It's beautiful here. Beautiful, noisy and busy. The trucks and buses rumble past on the roadway below, insects chirping melodies all throughout the day and night. We have a hot and sticky sun, with moments of fresh breath when we've had a bit of rain. We line up, bleary-eyed in the mornings for breakfast, line up to wash our dishes in the tubs lined up in the dining hall, run to our rooms for half-hour devotions, quick prep for our days, run to group activity, be it base worship, or intercession, or recreation. Ten minute transitions before 3+ hour class, line up for lunch again at the lunch triangle bell, head to group again for small group or drama practice or recreation (mandatory team sports) then a quick return to base to begin our daily chores. Two hours later the dinner triangle bell calls us back to the dining area to line up again. For all but the dinner clean-up crew it's free time then, with showers and reading and late-night games of Mao, though I think the group might be getting ready to branch out into other card games fairly soon! 7-up anyone?
We'll get into more meaty, interesting stuff soon, i'm sure. But for now, here's a framework for our days and weeks. Happy January everyone!
